CHEYENNE, WYOMING (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Gov. Gordon and Wyoming Game & Fish Director, Brian Nesvik, announced today that on April 1, 2020 the first ever Wyoming Goat Killing Contest (WGKC) will be held in Grand Teton National Park, which will be a fundraising event for the Reelect Donald J. Trump campaign.
A few days ago, the Governor unleashed a PR attack on the National Park Service for hiring helicopter gunners to eradicate up to 100 nonnative mountain goats for the benefit of about 100 native bighorn sheep. NPS claims the goats compete with the sheep for food and can spread diseases.
Gov. Gordon echoed WYGF Director Nesvik’s primary objection, which was “the lack of hunting ethics” with the NPS operation. In short, it worked. Interior Sec. Bernhardt told the NPS to “stand down and support Gordon’s alternative plan.”
Who could argue the Governor’s claim shooting wildlife from helicopters violates hunting ethics? Bravo to the Cowboy state leaders…. oh wait, until their plan was announced today.
Director Nesvik was introduced by the Governor as the Chairman for the Wyoming Goat Killing Contest (WGKC), along with WYGF Commissioner, Mike Schmid of LaBarge, who owns Solitude Ranch Outfitters.
“I am so happy to work with Grand Teton to meet their management objectives using methods that align with the value Wyoming people have for wildlife,” said Director Nesvik.
The Governor profusely thanked Sec. Bernhardt for halting the NPS killing operation, and gaining acting Grand Teton Park Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail approval for our inaugural WGKC celebration. “We are going to have a lot fun up there this spring, and raise a lot of money for our great President to help assure four more years like the last three,” exclaimed Gordon.
Commissioner Schmid, for his part, announced the killing festivities grand prize for killing the most mountain goats is a two-hour “coyote whacking” adventure with Don Jr. Trump, and Schmid will serve as their professional outfitter to find the unassuming critter to star in their horror show.
For those readers not familiar with one of Wyoming’s sanctioned legal hunting practices, “coyote whacking” is where a sportsman chases a coyote until it falls with exhaustion and then runs the animal over repeatedly.
Michael Pearlman, the Governor’s Communications Director said, “The Reelect Donald J. Trump campaign donation amount required for hunters to participate in the killing contest is $25,000, but it will be an invitation only event- executives from the ranching and extraction industries, along with leadership from the NRA and Safari Club.”
Pearlman added, “for those who want to follow the event live just go to Twitter on the day of the event and enter #WGKC to find the action posted in real time by our brave sportsmen.
